Enhancing knowledge on the role of evolutionary history during forest succession and its relationship with ecosystem function is particularly relevant in the context of forest landscape restoration for climate change mitigation and adaptation. We used fine resolution vegetation and environmental data (soil, elevation and slope) from two large‐scale surveys (320 × 1000 m2 plots in two 10 km × 10 km blocks) in the Upper Mekong to quantify (1) the role of abiotic and biotic (species interactions) factors in community assembly processes and (2) the effect of biodiversity, environmental factors and forest succession on above‐ground biomass (AGB). We found strong correlation between soil fertility and community structure in the early successional seres, while species interactions played an increasingly important role in older seres, presumably due to species complementary. We detected a significant relationship between AGB and phylogenetic diversity, elevation and soil fertility across successional gradients. Within successional stages, soil fertility was not significantly associated with AGB, while elevation was significantly associated with AGB only in forest
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13112Skor altmetrik:
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Tahun publikasi
2019
Penulis
Satdichanh, M.; Ma, H.; Yan, K.; Dossa, G.G.; Winowiecki, L.A.; Vågen, T-G.; Gassner, A.; Xu, J.; Harrison, R.D.
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English
Kata kunci
phylogeny, genetic variation, aboveground biomass, tropical forests, soil quality, soil
